Magazine binder



L. DAVID MAGAZINE BINDER July 18, 1933.

Filed June 22, 1932 0 fi m m N D R N m 0 T W5 A L have been of two types,

' like appearance.

Patented July 18, 1933 LEON DAVIO, OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE BINDER Application filed June 22,

This invention relates to a binder particularly adapted for holding magazines or the like in public reading rooms. Where magazines are kept available for the use of the general public it is necessary not only to protect the volumes against wear, but to prevent insofar as possible unauthorized removal of the magazines from the reading room. Binders heretofore proposed for this purpose those designed primarily for protection against Wear and those designed primarily for protection against theft. In the first case the magazines are generally so easy to remove from the binders 15 that losses from theft are heavy. In the second case the removal of the magazine is generally made so difficult that the work of replacing current numbers is increased to such an extent as to make the use of the binders m impracticable.

It is one object of the present invention to provide an improved magazine cover in which difliculty in unauthorized operation is'combined with facility in authorized use. An

35 additional object is to provide a cover in which all operating parts are concealed regardless of whether or not it contains a magazine. An additional object is to providea cover which when in use will present a bookprovide a binder inwhich the several operating parts are so constructed and arranged as to present no surfaces adapted to mutilate the magazine or to catch on the readers cloth- 35 ing. An additional object is to provide a simple spring lock which cannot readily be opened by devices generally at the disposal of a reader, such as pins or bits of wire. Additional objects will appear from the following description and claims.

Referring to the'drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view of a binder constructed in accordance with the invention, the cover and the magazine contained'in it beingprogressively broken away so as to disclose the construction Fig. 2 is a central section through the binder with. the cover omitted;

Fig. 3 is a detail 'looking'from the right 50 in Fig. 2 with a cover plate removed;

An additional object is to y 1932. Serial No. 618,635.

Fig. 4 is a detail similar to Fig. 3 with the cover plate in place;

Fig. 5 is a v ew snnllar to Fig. 1 showing the binder unlocked; and

Fig. 6 is a detail of a key which will unlock the binder.

The binder is built around aback piece 10',

preferably made of wood, heel shaped in cross-section, and having a channel 11 formed throughout its length.

T 0 this back piece is secured a cover 12, made of any desired material such as artificial leather, secured in place by gluing or other means. At on back piece is a the channel 11 as by screws 14. This strip is ben at 15 to close the end of the chann at 16 to provide a portion par back piece, smooth abutment for the magazi more slots 18 are formed at the the portions 16 and 17, through e end of the metal strip 13 extending into and secured to the back piece t outwardly el, reversely allel to the and inwardly at 17 to provide a ne. One or junction of which pass one or more flat binding rods 19 swinging on a pivot 20 passing transversely through theback piece. The slot 18 (one slot and one rod having poses) is made of rod 19 may swing 2 to that shown in been chosen for illustrative pursuch dimensions that the from the position of Fig. full lines in Fig. 5.

At the opposite end of the back piece 10 tion'disposed along the bottom of the channel and provided with a slot 22 through which 23.. The member 21 is thus movement (unless locked positions of the member 21 is bent outwardly at 24, reversely at 25, and

inwardly at 26, sothat its shape similar to that of the member 13.

is generally v A hole 27 (Fig. 5) is formed in the inwardly bent portion 26 to receive the rod 19 as shown in Fig.

2. The member21 is protected by a cover plate 28 fastened to the backpiece by the screw 23 and a second screw 29.

and guided At its inner end the slide member 21 is formed with a lip 30 extending into a recess 31 in the back piece so as to abut a compression spring 32 seated in the r spring is preferably of the corr ecess. This ugated type is a'slidable member 21 having its main Inn 1 bar in place.

formed by reverse bends of a fiat spring strip in order to require as little depth as possible but may be of any desired type. The spring 32 tends to force the slide member outwardly into the position of Fig. 5. When the binder is locked this tendency isv resisted by a spring pawl 33 secured to the back piece by the screw 29 and an additional screw 34, and having its r'ree end bent into a lip 35 adapteail to engage in a transverse slot 36 formed in the slide 21. A hole 37 in the spring 33 is alined with a hole 38 in the back piece toreceive a key 39 (Fig. 6), preferably formed of bent wire with a small hook 40 on the end. If this hook is inserted through the holes 37, 38 and then caught behind the spring pawl as in Fig. 5 the pawl can be drawn outwardly so that the lip 35 is removed. from the slot 36 and the slide thereby released automatically.

The operation of the device will now be considered. lVith the parts in the condition of Fig. 5 the bar 19 is'inserted between the central leaves of a magazine. Due to the pin 20 and the slot 18 the bar is allowed to assume a. convenient position for this operation without becoming detached or difficult to control. When the magazine is swung into place with its backin the channel 11 the bar 19 is (in the.dotted line position of Fig. 0) alined with the hole 27 in the slide 21. The spring pawl 33 has its lip 35 riding on the surface of the slide 21 in this position, so that it does not prevent the slides motion. If the slide be pushed in against the resistance of thespring 32 the bar 19 will first enter the hole 27, and subsequently the lip 35 will snap into the slot 36. v i

The binder is then in the locked position of Fig. 2. The-lock is concealed from view and protected from tampering by the cover plate 28 and by the magazine itself on one side and by the back piece 10 on the other. The end pieces 15 and 24 make neat closures for the channel 11, protecting the lock mecha- .nismand the ends of the magazine without presenting corners to catch on clothing while the magazine isbeing read. When the binder isto be opened again the key 39 is passed through the holes 38 and 37 and its hook 4O caught behind'the spring; pawl 33. Upon thenpulling the key outwardly the lip 35will be released from the slot 86 and the spring '32 will ,force the slide 21 outwardy. It will the noted that the opening of the binder is purely automatic after the release of the pawl by the key. This avoids the necessity, present in former binders, of separating by the fingers the parts holding the retaining After the binder has sprung open the key may be removed, its use not beingnecessary during the binder closing operation.

Thebinder presents a book like appearance which contrasts with the less attractive form of many magazine binders now, available.

means into bar-releasing removed from it. In order to improve the appearance and keep as close to book form as possible, the bends l6 and 25 are preferably kept as narrow as possible, allowing the ends of the magazine to approach the ends of the back piece 10 rather closely. It will. be understoodtliat in the drawing the proportions of some parts, such for example as the spring pawl 33, have necessarily been exaggerated in the interest of clarity of disclosure. Those skilled in the arhhowever, will have no diiliculty in making the device in suitable dimensions to fit anydesired size of magazine; or by increasing the number of bars 19 and suitably increasing the width of slot 26 or forming additional slots, to accommodate several magazines infa single holder.

WhatI claim is; p

1. A binder for magazines and the like comprising a cover, asecuring member at one end of the cover back, a second securing memlECF, slidably mounted at the other end of the cover back, a magazine retaining bar held by the two securing members, a spring tending to shift the sci-on d securing member outwardly, and a key releasable latch holding said i i-ember against outward movement.

2. A binder for magazines and the like coinprisii'ig a channe ed back piece, a.n1aga zinc retaining bar pivoted at one end'of the back piece and adapted to pass between the --leaves of. the magazine when the latter is seated in thechannel, a. slidable member at the other end oi: the back piece engageable tending to shift the slidable key releasable latch holding said member against outward movement.

3. A binder for magazines and the like comprising a back piece, a magazine retaining bar, means carried by the back piece forholding the bar, a springtending to shift said positioinand a key releasable latch holding said member against outward movement. -v Y Y 1 4. A binder for magazines and the like comprising a back piece having achannel to receive the back of a magazine, a closure for one end of the channel having an inwardly directed slot, a'inagazine retaining bar extending through said slot and pivoted'to the.

back piece, a slide closing the second end of the channel and mountedon'theback piece for limited sliding movement, said slide having a slot therein to receive the free end of the magazine retaining bar and having a lip extending into a recess formed in the back piece at the bottom of the channel, a corrugated spring compressed between'the lip and one end of the recess so as to exert a forceupon 45. comprising a back piece having a recess, a

the slide tending to move it to bar-disengaging position, a cover plate covering the recess, the slide, and the corrugated spring, and a flat spring mounted in the recess beneath the cover plate and having a connection with the slide releasable by flexing of the spring but normally holding the slide against movement under the influence of the corrugated spring, the back of the back piece being perforated to permit the fiat spring being flexed by the insertion and pulling outwardly of a hook-like key.

5. A binder for magazines and the like comprising a back piece having a channel to receive the back of a magazine, the bottom of the channel being formed with a recess near "one end, a magazine retaining bar pivoted at the end of the channel remote from the recess, a slide secured to thebottom of the channel for limiting sliding movement, the slide having a slot to receive the free end of the magazine retaining bar and having a lip extending into the recess, a spring compressed within the recess and bearing on the lip so as to exert aforce on the slide tending to move it to bar-disengaging position, a cover plate covering the recess, the slide, and the spring, and a spring pawl within the recess engageable with the slide to retain it against the to see of its spring, the back of the back piece being perforated to permit the pawl to be disengaged from the slide by the insertion and pulling outwardly of a hook-like key.

6. A binder for magazines and the like comprising a back piece having a recess, a pair of end plates carried by the back piece, at least one of the end plates being movable, a magazine retaining bar held in place by the end plates, lock mechanism in the recess controlling the motion of the movable end plate, a magazine cover attached to the back piece, and a member covering the recess to prevent contact of the back of the magazine with the lock mechanism.

7. A binder for magazines and the like pair of end plates carried by the back piece, at least one of the end plates having a longitudinal portion guided for sliding movement in the back piece, a magazine retaining bar held in place by the end plates, lock mechanism in the recess controlling the motion of the movable end plate, a magazine cover attached to the back piece, and a plate extending over the recess and over the longitudinal portion of the movable end piece to prevent contact of the back of the magazine with the lock mechanism or with the longitudinal sliding portion of the movable end piece.

8. A binder for magazines and the like comprising a back piece heel shaped in cross section and having a channel formed in its straight side and a recess formed in the bottom of the channel, a fixed end plate secured to the back piece at one end of the channel, a movable end plate secured for sliding movement to the base of the channel at the other end, lock mechanism located within the recess and controlling the motion of the movable end plate, a magazine retaining bar held in place within the channel by the two end plates, a cover plate secured over the recess and the sliding part of the movable end plate to prevent contact of the back of the magazine with said lock mechanism or plate, and a magazine cover attached to the back piece.

9. A binder for magazines and the like, comprising a back piece having a recess, a pair of end plates carried by the back piece, at least one of the end plates being movable, a magazine retaining bar held in place by the end plates, lock mechanism in the recess for holding the movable end plate in locked position, a spring in the recess adapted to force the movable end plate outwardly upon its release by the lock mechanism, a magazine cover attached to the back piece, and a member covering the recess to prevent contact of the back of the magazine with the lock mechanism.

LEON DAVIO. 

